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1954 MLB NL standings
The New York Giants won the 1954 National League pennant race at 97-57, 5 games ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
🏆How the 1954 playoffs went
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NL standings, 1954
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| New York Giants (NYG) | 97 | 57 | .630 | - | 6-4 | W1 |
| Brooklyn Dodgers (BRO) | 92 | 62 | .597 | 5 | 5-5 | W4 |
| Milwaukee Braves (MIL) | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Philadelphia Phillies (PHI) | 75 | 79 | .487 | 22 | 6-4 | L1 |
| Cincinnati Redlegs (CIN) | 74 | 80 | .481 | 23 | 5-5 | L3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (STL) | 72 | 82 | .468 | 25 | 5-5 | W1 |
| Chicago Cubs (CHC) | 64 | 90 | .416 | 33 | 5-5 | W2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates (PIT) | 53 | 101 | .344 | 44 | 3-7 | L6 |
Final standings.
Turning points
- The lead changed hands 14 times.
- The New York Giants trailed by as many as 3.5 games on May 6, 1954.
- The New York Giants took first place for good on June 15, 1954.
- The Brooklyn Dodgers won 10 games in a row from May 29, 1954 to June 7, 1954, the longest run of the race.
- The Brooklyn Dodgers led by 2 games as late as June 7, 1954.
- The New York Giants led by as many as 7.5 games on September 21, 1954.
- The New York Giants went 27-5 from June 7, 1954 to July 8, 1954, turning a deficit of 2 games into a lead of 6.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 63 of the 159 days played.
- The New York Giants spent 110 of the season's 167 charted days in first place.